1st Edition

Feminism, Economics and Utopia Time Travelling through Paradigms

By Karin Schonpflug Copyright 2002
    260 Pages
    by Routledge

    260 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Are there feminist, economic utopian visions amongst feminist economists? What are these visions? Is there a common vision for feminist economics or should there be? Can feminist economics be effective without a utopian vision?

    Comprehensive and original, this book surveys the entire field of utopian literature; from Plato to the present. Answering a range of questions and written by a rising star in feminist economics it provides explanations of:

    • the different kinds of feminism
    • the evolution of feminist thought
    • the development of feminist economics
    • the history and sources of utopias as a theoretical and/or literary tool.

    This volume is a must for all students studying the intersection of gender and economics.

    1. Introduction 2. Gender Relations in Utopia 3. The Cartisian Turn in Utopia 4. Nuts and Bolts: Methodology 5. Work 6. Femeconers and Utopia: Paradigm Change Now? 7. 'Der Neue Mensch' and his Need to be Governed 8. The Vision of the Free Market: 'Free to Choose?'

    Biography

    Karin Schönpflug is an Economist at the Austrian Ministry of Finance and also Lecturer at the University of Vienna, Austria.